Characterization of varietal differences in essential oil components of hops (Humulus lupulus) by SFC-FTIR spectroscopy

A supercritical fluid chromatographic method combined with Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy detection (SFC-FTIR) was developed for determination of varietal differences in essential oil constituents in hops (Humulus lupulus). Infrared spectra (IR) of the major constituents of essential oil of hops were taken as films deposited on AgCl discs and compared with those obtained after chromatographic separation in the IR flow-cell with supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). Spectra from AgCl discs were comparable to those in scCO2, but in scCO2 most of the bands appeared approximately 8-10 cm-1 to higher wave numbers. Open-tubular SFC-FTIR analysis of the essential oil of 4 different hop varieties was performed. The SFC-FTIR chromatograms showed differences in the location and relative intensity of the peaks depending on the variety, which was further confirmed by consideration of their FTIR spectra.     

On-line supercritical fluid chromatography with Fourier transform infrared spectrometric detection employing packed columns and a high pressure lightpipe flow cell

Summary The coupling of packed-column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) with Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) is demonstrated. The interface used for SFC-FTIR experiments is based on the lightpipe used for GC-FTIR, but it has been designed to withstand the high-pressure constraints of SFC. When used with beam condensing optics, this SFC-FTIR lightpipe flow cell has allowed detection limits as low as 270ng (3×N_p-p) of injected acetophenone. Separation of a seven-component model mixture is shown on a silica bondedphase phenyl column. The on-line infrared spectra obtained are high-quality and readily identifiable. Spectral features of high-pressure carbon dioxide (subcritical vs. supercritical) are discussed with respect to infrared transparency in the flow cell SFC-FTIR experiment.     

Comparison of xenon and carbon dioxide as mobile phases in on-line SFC-FTIR: Chromatographic and spectroscopic considerations

Supercritical carbon dioxide and xenon are compared as mobile phases for SFC-FTIR. Examples are presented illustrating the use of xenon in SFC and it is compared with carbon dioxide for a range of compounds of different polarities. Investigations of the effects of mobile phase temperature and density on infrared spectra measured in supercritical solution are also presented. It has been found that carbon dioxide gives smaller shifts with temperature and density changes than had been reported previously and that carbon dioxide and xenon give rise to remarkably similar effects in almost all circumstances. A comparison of SFC-FTIR spectra with vapor- and condensedphase data is presented and it is shown that such data will require modification to model the effects of the supercritical solvent. The study shows that such modification should be relatively straightforward.     

Influence of temperature on FTIR spectra of various organic compounds analyzed by on-line carbon dioxide SFC/FTIR

The development of an on-line SFC-FTIR method with supercritical carbon dioxide as mobile phase requires information about the nature of the FTIR spectrum of a solute dissolved in supercritical or liquid CO₂. The wavenumber of maximum absorbance of the carbonyl stretching vibration was quantitatively studied versus temperature and CO₂ density. FTIR spectra recorded in supercritical or liquid CO₂ have been compared to their vapor-phase and condensed-phase spectra for various solutes.     

Demonstration of an optimized flow cell SFC-FTIR interface

Summary An on-line application of capillary SFC-FTIR for the analysis of five steroids has been demonstrated. Baseline resolution is achieved for all the components of the mixture and IR spectra are obtained which match well with spectra of the neat materials. Also, the injected minimum detectable quantity (IMDQ) of caffeine (approximately 2 ng) under similar chromatographic conditions is demonstrated for this interface. Very low IMDQ's achieved using this flow cell interface will facilitate the use of this technique for the analysis of biological fluids and other materials where very low detection limits are required.     

Use of xenon as a mobile phase for on–line capillary supercritical fluid chromatography–fourier transform infrared spectrometry

Xenon is investigated as a mobile phase for on-line capillary supercritical fluid chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (SFC-FTIR). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic isocyanates, and epoxy acrylate oligomers are analyzed as examples to show that xenon has similar selectivities and solvating powe to CO₂. Its optical transparency makes it ideal for IR detection. A stop flow system is constructed to increase the sensitivity of spectra measured from compounds which are weak IR absorbers.     

Unconventional, highly selective CO2 adsorption in zeolite SSZ-13

Low-pressure adsorption of carbon dioxide and nitrogen was studied in both acidic and copper-exchanged forms of SSZ-13, a zeolite containing an 8-ring window. Under ideal conditions for industrial separations of CO(2) from N(2), the ideal adsorbed solution theory selectivity is >70 in each compound. For low gas coverage, the isosteric heat of adsorption for CO(2) was found to be 33.1 and 34.0 kJ/mol for Cu- and H-SSZ-13, respectively. From in situ neutron powder diffraction measurements, we ascribe the CO(2) over N(2) selectivity to differences in binding sites for the two gases, where the primary CO(2) binding site is located in the center of the 8-membered-ring pore window. This CO(2) binding mode, which has important implications for use of zeolites in separations, has not been observed before and is rationalized and discussed relative to the high selectivity for CO(2) over N(2) in SSZ-13 and other zeolites containing 8-ring windows.     

Chemical structure and glass transition temperature of non-ionic cellulose ethers

New zinc(II) propionate complexes (CH₃CH₂COO)₂Zn·Ln·xH₂O, where n=1-2, x=0 or 2, were prepared by reaction of zinc(II) propionate with heterocyclic ligands (L=theophylline, nicotinamide, methyl-3-pyridyl carbamate) and their thermal properties were studied. The prepared complex compounds were characterized by elemental analysis and IR spectra. TG/DTG and DTA measurements of the prepared compounds were performed in the air atmosphere under dynamic conditions. The thermal decomposition can be characterized as a multi-step process. The first step is attributed to the elimination of water or N-donor ligand molecules. It is followed by the decomposition of propionate anion when diethyl ketone and carbon dioxide were released. Zinc oxide was found as a final product of the thermal decomposition of the complex compounds under study. The volatile intermediate products of the thermal decomposition of zinc(II) propionate complexes were identified by IR-spectroscopy, qualitative chemical analyses and final solid product by X-ray powder diffraction method. Moreover, IR spectra suggest monodentate coordination of propionate anion to zinc. The complexes were tested against bacteria and filamentous fungi and show both antimicrobial activity and fungistatic effect towards pathogens as well as probiotic activity towards Lactobacillus paracasei.     

Toughening of poly(propylene carbonate) by carbon dioxide copolymer poly(urethane-amine) via hydrogen bonding interaction

A carbon dioxide copolymer poly(urethane-amine)(PUA) was blended with poly(propylene carbonate)(PPC) in order to improve the toughness and flexibility of PPC without sacrificing other mechanical properties. Compared with pure PPC, the PPC/PUA blend with 5 wt% PUA loading showed a 400% increase in elongation at break, whilst the corresponding yielding strength remained as high as 33.5 MPa and Young's modulus showed slightly decrease. The intermolecular hydrogen bonding interaction in PPC/PUA blends was comfirmed by FTIR, 2D IR and XPS spectra analysis, and finely dispersed particulate structure of PUA in PPC was observed in the SEM images, which provided good evidence for the toughening mechanism of PPC.     

Spectral regions selection to improve prediction ability of PLS models by changeable size moving window partial least squares and searching combination moving window partial least squares

Changeable size moving window partial least squares (CSMWPLS) and searching combination moving window partial least squares (SCMWPLS) are proposed to search for an optimized spectral interval and an optimized combination of spectral regions from informative regions obtained by a previously proposed spectral interval selection method, moving window partial least squares (MWPLSR) [Anal. Chem. 74 (2002) 3555]. The utilization of informative regions aims to construct better PLS models than those based on the whole spectral points. The purpose of CSMWPLS and SCMWPLS is to optimize the informative regions and their combination to further improve the prediction ability of the PLS models. The results of their application to an open-path (OP)/FT-IR spectra data set show that the proposed methods, especially SCMWPLS can find out an optimized combination, with which one can improve, often significantly, the performance of the corresponding PLS model, in terms of low prediction error, root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) with the reasonable latent variable (LVs) number, comparing with the results obtained using whole spectra or direct combination of informative regions for a compound. Regions consisting of the combinations obtained can easily be explained by the existence of IR absorption bands in those spectral regions.     

Pressure drop effects on selectivity and resolution in packed column supercritical fluid chromatography

The influence of pressure drop on retention, selectivity, plate height and resolution was investigated systematically in packed supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) using pure carbon dioxide as the mobile phase. Numerical methods developed previously which enabled the prediction of pressure gradients, diffusivities, capacity factors, plate heights and resolutions along the length of the column were used for the model calculations. The effects of inlet pressure and supercritical fluid flow rate on selectivity and resolution are studied. In packed column SFC with pure carbon dioxide as the mobile phase, the pressure drop can have a significant effect on resolution. The flow rate is shown to have a larger effect than generally realized. The calculated data are shown to be in good agreement with the experimental results. Finally, the variation of the chromatographic parameters along a 5.5 meter long model SFC column is illustrated. The possibilities and limitations of using long packed columns in SFC are discussed. It is demonstrated that long columns with large plate numbers do not necessarily yield better separations.     

Headspace solid phase microextraction in-situ supercritical fluid extraction coupled to gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for simultaneous determination of perfluorocarboxylic acids in sediments

Headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) in-situ supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) was investigated for the determination of trace amounts of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) in sediments. Quantitation was performed by using gas chromatography coupled to negative chemical ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-NCI-MS/MS). The optimum conditions of HS-SPME following SFE were obtained using 500 μL n-butanol as a derivatization reagent in supercritical carbon dioxide with static extraction for 10 min, then dynamic extraction for 20 min at 30 MPa and 70 °C and simultaneous collected with 100 μm film thickness PDMS fiber. The linear range of proposed method was from 5 to 5000 ng g(-1), with limit of detection ranging from 0.39 to 0.54 ng g(-1) and limit of quantitation ranging from 1.30 to 1.80 ng g(-1). The developed method was successfully applied to analyze PFCAs in sediments from rivers and beach near industrial areas. The concentrations of PFCAs determined are from 282 to 4473 ng g(-1).     

Supercritical fluid chromatography/Fourier transform infrared microspectrometry

The feasibility of supercritical fluid chromatography/Fourier transform-infrared (SFC/FT-IR) microspectrometry is presented. In this approach to SFC/FT-IR, the chromatographic eluates are aspirated from the restrictor directly onto the surface of a moving window which then passes into the beam focus of an infrared microscope. Because the mobile phase is gaseous at ambient conditions, elimination of the mobile phase is easily accomplished. Detection limits in all interfaces between a chromatograph and an FT-IR spectrometer in which the mobile phase is eliminated are determined in large part by the area over which the sample is deposited. We have shown that SFC eluates can be condensed at ambient temperature into spots of 100 to 200μm in diameter. The microscope interface therefore serves to increase the sensitivity of the SFC/FT-IR measurements of these spots and detection limits in the low nanogram range are possible. Preliminary results obtained before any real attempts were made to optimize the deposition process indicate that identifiable spectra can be obtained in real time at the 50 ng level for chromatographic separations performed with a 100μm i.d. wall coated open tubular column. Reproducible reconstructed chromatograms are obtained as each deposited eluate travels through the beam focus of the microscope. The concentration profile of deposited peaks was determined by IR measurements performed at 50 μm increments over the width of the peak to ascertain the deposition size. The results described in this paper, while not yet optimized, indicate the great potential of SFC/FT-IR microspectrometry.     

Does the proton-transfer reaction take place in the ground state of phenol?(H2O)4 clusters?

In recent experimental studies of infrared (IR) spectra of hydrated phenol clusters, the Mikami and Ebata group at Tohoku University attributed apparently two very different spectra to PhOH(H₂O)₄. The first spectrum has a wide transparent region between 3500 and 3700 cm^-1, which they named a window region. The second spectrum has several absorption bands in this window region. Our previous study revealed that the first spectrum was assigned to the isomers which have a single-ring structure of a hydrogen-bonding network of OH's of phenol and waters. The experimentalists suggested that the second spectrum might be identified to a proton-transferred phenol(SINGLEBOND)water cluster. In the present article, the geometrical structures of proton-transferred hydrated phenol clusters were determined with the ab initio molecular orbital method and their IR spectra were calculated. The proton-transferred phenol(SINGLEBOND)water cluster is at a stable local minimum, but the energy is much higher than that of the most stable nontransferred cluster. The calculated IR spectrum has a still wider window region and is far different from the experimental spectrum of the second type. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Carbon dioxide versus xenon as a mobile phase for flow cell packed column SFC/FT-IR

Xenon is compared to carbon dioxide as a mobile phase for super critical fluid chromatography/Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. The study showed xenon to be comparable to carbon dioxide in terms of resulting chromatography for non-polar analytes. Xenon was confirmed to be a very poor mobile phase, however, for polar analytes. It was determined that small wavenumber shifts in the infrared spectra of probe analytes occurred as either the density or temperature of the mobile phase was increased. The degree of these shifts was often similar for xenon and carbon dioxide. Analyte spectra for five different compounds were produced in both super critical xenon and carbon dioxide and compared to condensed phase and vapor phase library spectra. In all cases, carbon dioxide spectra were readily matched to their corresponding vapor phase spectra, despite having blanked portions of the spectrum due to carbon dioxide infrared absorption. Xenon produced technically superior spectra without such blanked regions, but at a much higher economical cost than carbon dioxide and with no real improvement in terms of library matching.     

多次透射反射红外光谱法灵敏和准确地测量单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳的含量

建立了室温下使用多次透射反射红外光谱法(MTR-IR)测量单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳含量的新红外光谱吸收方法,在理论和实验上证明了MTR-IR优于常规使用的单次垂直透射红外(IR)吸收测量方法。与IR法相比较,MTR-IR法的优点为:(1)间隙氧在1107 cm^-1处和代位碳在605 cm^-1处的吸收峰与MTR-IR法中红外光透过硅片的的次数N(6~12)成线性增加的正比例关系,因此单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳含量的检测限至少比IR法低一个数量级;(2)MTR-IR法测量薄硅片如0.2 mm的厚度时产生的干涉条纹强度是单次垂直透射红外吸收法(IR)的1/23、是单次Brewster角透射红外吸收法的1/11;(3)单次垂直透射红外吸收法(IR)1次只测量样品上的1个点,MTR-IR法则在更长的样品上1次测量多个样品点,每次测量更具有代表性。理论计算和实验结果都证实了MTR-IR吸收法测量晶体硅中间隙氧和代位碳杂质含量的高灵敏度、可靠性和重复性。     

Supercritical fluid solid chromatography using novel porous glassy carbon. Evaluation of retention mechanisms

The use of a porous glassy carbon (PGC) material as a packed-column SFC stationary phase has been previously demonstrated [1]. The material is further characterized in terms of its retention characteristics. The effects of variations in mobile phase composition, pressure, and temperature conditions are evaluated. Variation of temperature and pressure yielded expected results, specifically, decreased solute capacity factors with increased mobile phase density. The choice of supercritical fluid mobile phase allows the most notable control of solute retention; this was evaluated by adding low percentages of organic modifiers of varying molecular weights to the supercritical carbon dioxide mobile phase. PGC-SFC provides reversed phase characteristics similar to those found for PGC-HPLC. Porous glassy carbon has selectivity characteristics previously unavailable in supercritical fluid chromatography. Use of porous glassy carbon in supercritical fluid chromatography may provide distinct advantages in difficult analytical separations, allowing separations of molecules with only slight structural differences.     

多次透射反射红外光谱法灵敏和准确地测量单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳的含量

建立了室温下使用多次透射反射红外光谱法(MTR-IR)测量单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳含量的新红外光谱吸收方法,在理论和实验上证明了MTR-IR优于常规使用的单次垂直透射红外(IR)吸收测量方法。与IR法相比较,MTR-IR法的优点为:(1)间隙氧在1 107 cm^-1处和代位碳在605 cm^-1处的吸收峰与MTR-IR法中红外光透过硅片的的次数N(6~12)成线性增加的正比例关系,因此单晶硅中间隙氧和代位碳含量的检测限至少比IR法低一个数量级;(2)MTR-IR法测量薄硅片如0.2 mm的厚度时产生的干涉条纹强度是单次垂直透射红外吸收法(IR)的1/23、是单次Brewster角透射红外吸收法的1/11;(3)单次垂直透射红外吸收法(IR)1次只测量样品上的1个点,MTR-IR法则在更长的样品上1次测量多个样品点,每次测量更具有代表性。理论计算和实验结果都证实了MTR-IR吸收法测量晶体硅中间隙氧和代位碳杂质含量的高灵敏度、可靠性和重复性。     

Ultra-stable Ni catalysts for methane reforming by carbon dioxide

Methane reforming by carbon dioxide has been studied over ultra-stable Ni catalysts. The catalyst was characterized by XRD, IR and TEM and temperature programmed hydrogenation. The nickel–magnesia solid solution catalyst containing low nickel has shown excellent stability (>3000 h) and no carbon deposition in the methane reforming by carbon dioxide. It was also found that the small nickel metal particle interaction with support surface is effective for the inhibition of carbon formation.     

超支化聚对氯甲基苯乙烯修饰碳纳米管表面的研究

用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)与自缩合乙烯基聚合(SCVP)相结合合成超支化聚合物聚对氯甲基苯乙烯(PCMS),该聚合物每个分枝均以卤素原子封端. 用叠氮化反应将卤素原子转换为—N3. 通过—N3与单壁或复壁碳纳米管反应将超支化聚合物接到碳纳米管的表面上, 实现了碳纳米管的化学修饰. 通过FTIR, XPS, TEM和Raman光谱等证明PCMS是以共价键形式结合到碳纳米管表面上的. 利用TGA估算出碳纳米管表面的修饰密度, 证明用超支化结构大量的端基可反应的官能团可以改善聚合物对碳纳米管的修饰效果.